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TIL Sweat is basically filtered blood.

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KAo9 TIL: The woman who accused the Duke Lacrosse players is in jail….for murdering her boyfriend
epln6 TIL that the founder of Renault was imprisoned for collaborating with the Nazis and died under unknown circumstances after Paris' liberation.
8aEoV TIL of Ferdinand Waldo Demara. A professional imposter who posed as a surgeon aboard a Canadian Navy vessel. When needed, he quickly studied a textbook in his room, operated, and saved sixteen people. After being exposed he was acquitted of any charge and sent back to the U.S.
4XpV5 TIL Starbucks was a complete failure in Australia, mainly because Aussies are used to good quality coffee. They entered Australia in 2000, opened 84 outlets across Australia’s eastern coast. Eight years and $143 million in losses later they closed 60 stores, and sold the rest.
JEam TIL John Cleese turned down the role of Cogsworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in order to play Cat R. Waul in Amblimation’s An American Tail: Fievel Goes West